Python: XML SAX - Simple API for XML

from __future__ import print_function
import xml.sax

file = 'examples/xml/data.xml'


class EventHandler(xml.sax.ContentHandler):
    def startElement(self, name, attrs):
        print('start', (name, attrs._attrs))

    def characters(self, text):
        if not text.isspace():
            print('text', text)

    def endElement(self, name):
        print('end', name)


xml.sax.parse(file, EventHandler())

start (u'main', {})
start (u'person', {u'id': u'1'})
start (u'fname', {})
text Foo
end fname
start (u'lname', {})
text Bar
end lname
end person
start (u'person', {u'id': u'3'})
start (u'fname', {})
text Moo
end fname
start (u'lname', {})
text Zorg
end lname
start (u'email', {u'id': u'home'})
text moo@zorghome.com
end email
start (u'email', {u'id': u'work'})
text moo@work.com
end email
end person
end main

xml.sax xml.sax.hanldler xml.sax.reader